I Am a Cat: Chapter I, Chapter II, Paperback

This English version of 吾輩は猫である (Wagahai-wa neko de aru: I Am a Cat), Chapters I and II, written by Natsume Sōseki, pseudonym of Natsume Kinnosuke (1867-1916), and translated by Kan-ichi Ando (1878-1924), was published by Hattori Shoten, Tokyo, in 1906. It begins: "I am a cat; but as yet I have no name." Its sardonic feline narrator describes his origins, his settlement in the household of a Meiji teacher-intellectual, and the goings-on and conversations among the cats and humans about the neighborhood. Of the men he concludes: "They are miserable creatures in the eyes of a cat."

• Dimensions: 178 x 108
• Author: Natsume Soseki
• Cover type: Paperback
• Publishing Year: 2021
• Publishing Month: 12
• Pages: 134
• Language: English
• Publisher: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
• Weight: 113 g